BAY BRIDGE / Guide to closures of lanes, ramps

Chronicle staff report

Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Lane and ramp closures and traffic detours on the Bay Bridge and its western approach are scheduled to conclude early this morning, except on the Essex Street on-ramp, which will remain closed until 2 p.m.

According to Caltrans, at 6 a.m. the Sterling Street, Fifth Street and Eighth Street on-ramps will reopen, as will eastbound lanes on the Bay Bridge from the San Francisco anchorage to the Treasure Island off-ramp.

Two westbound lanes from the toll plaza to the center of the suspension span will reopen at 5 a.m. Overnight closures that took traffic in both directions off the freeway and routed it along parallel streets will conclude at 5 a.m. for westbound traffic and 6 a.m. for eastbound traffic.